Business Development Manager - Nutraceuticals
Are you passionate about innovation in the health and nutrition space? Join a global leader in ingredients, helping customers develop innovative solutions across the nutraceutical market.
The Role
This is a remote position, focused on driving new business growth across the U.S. nutraceutical market.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, develop and grow target accounts, building a strong sales pipeline and achieving revenue targets.
- Build long-term relationships with decision-makers across R&D, NPD, Marketing, Procurement and Sales.
- Sell a broad portfolio of specialty health ingredients, probiotics and turnkey finished formats.
- Lead complex sales cycles, from opportunity development through contract negotiation and launch.
- Partner with Technical, R&D, Marketing, Regulatory, Supply Chain and Customer Service teams to deliver customer solutions.
- Monitor market trends, competitive activity and customer needs to identify new opportunities and support innovation.
- Represent the business at customer meetings, industry events and relevant trade shows.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field; microbiology or nutrition is a plus.
- 5+ years of successful new business development experience within nutraceuticals, ideally across probiotics, specialty health ingredients and finished formats.
- Strong U.S. customer network within the nutraceutical/supplement industry.
- Proven track record of building high-value pipelines and consistently delivering against sales targets.
- Experience with consultative/conceptual selling and complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
- Strong technical, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate scientific information into commercial value.
- Self-motivated, commercially driven and customer-focused, with a strong ability to build long-term partnerships.
